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IN RE JOINT EASTERN & SOUTHERN DIST. ASBESTOS LIT.

No. CV-87-2173.

726 F.Supp. 426 (1989)

In re JOINT EASTERN and SOUTHERN DISTRICT ASBESTOS LITIGATION. Frank RUMMO and Betty Rummo, Plaintiffs, v. The CELOTEX CORPORATION, Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

December 7, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay W. Dankner, Abby J. Resnick, Sullivan & Liapakis, P.C., New York City, for plaintiffs.

David Speziali, Speziali & Constantine, Newfield, N.J., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

WEINSTEIN, District Judge.

Plaintiff is dying of mesothelioma, a dread cancer of the lining of the lungs, as a result of his work with asbestos thirty years ago in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. He has less than one year to live. He cannot work. Were it not for this disease, this 53 year-old man would have a work-life expectancy of some twelve years. The question posed is whether his loss of future...

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